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== location ==
In the southern part of north eastern Victoria, on the way to Mount Buller
== Beginnings ==
Before European settlement the area around Mansfield is thought to have been occupied by the Youngillim or Wuywurrung Aborigines.
The name comes from the town of Mansfield, near Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire or after early European settler Edward Mansfield .
The town of Mansfield was started 1846 as a designated stock route camp. In [[1824-1853 Events|1851]] it was a centre for a large area of mining towns in the mountains.The breadth of the main street was to enable bullock teams to do U-turns.
The first town blocks were sold in 1856
The town was formed on the corner of the [[Maindample|Maindample]], [[Preston|Preston]], [[Loyola|Loyola]], and [[Mount Battery|Mt Battery]] squatting runs.
'''Photograph'''
Map
== Importance of Mansfield ==
The town was a centre for gold mining and timber getters.
People went to the Jamieson gold fields from Mansfield. See ([[The Argus at KellyGang 31/8/1861|Argus31/8/61]])
== What was Mansfield like in the late 1870s ==
the town was well established by 1868 ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 27/10/1868|Alexandra27/10/1868]]) ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 3/12/1869|Alexandra3/12/1869]]) ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 17/12/1869|Alexandra17/12/1869]])
== Facilities in Mansfield in the late 1870s ==
'''Population''' 385 '''''' (1871) '''Hotels''' Court House Hotel Donald McDonald
Delatite Hotel
Exchange Hotel ([[The Argus at KellyGang 15/5/1879|Argus15/5/79]])
Kelson's Hotel '''Churches''' Anglican 1865 Samuel Sandiford
Catholic '''McGillicuddy''' ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 3/11/1868|Alexandra3/11/1868]])
Presbyterian 1866 '''Schools'''
'''Newspapers'''
Common school
Mr '''Hanslip''''sschool ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 3/11/1868|Alexandra3/11/1868]])
[[Mansfield Guardian|Mansfield Guardian]]
'''Main Streets'''
East/West was named High Street, North/South was named [[Maindample|Highett]] Street [[../../things/C_community/C_bankt.html|'''Bank''']] Bank of New South wales Jas Tomkins president of council. see [[Wombat ranges|Monk]]
John Henry Adolphus Hageman, secretary of the shire council see [[Wombat ranges|Monk]] see also ([[The Argus at KellyGang 21/11/1878|Argus21/11/78]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 18/3/1879 (4)|Argus18/3/79]]) '''Local Government'''
'''[[Police Towns|Police]] Station'''
'''Police at Mansfield'''
Insp [[Pewtress|Pewtress]] ''''''
Insp Toohey
Const Love ([[The Argus at KellyGang 17/5/1879|Argus17/5/79]])
'''''' Sgt [[Kennedy Sgt|Kennedy]]
'''''' Const Orr (also at [[Gobur|Gobur]])
Const Potter (Argus17/5/79) '''[[Telegraph|Telegraph]] Office'''
''''''
'''[[Post Office|Post Office]]'''
George W Newland ([[The Argus at KellyGang 18/3/1879 (2)|Argus18/3/79]])
George Collopy messenger at the Mansfield post and telegraph office ([[The Argus at KellyGang 18/3/1879 (3)|Argus18/3/79]])
[[Post Office|Postal]] route between Mansfield and [[Delatite|Delatite]]
Mail route from [[Longwood|Longwood]] to Mansfield via Merton, [[Doon|Doon]], and [[Maindample|Maindample]] - Robertson Wagner & Co
'''Other things of interest''' Mansfield had a wide range of shops, brick works, flour mll, timber mills and a building stone quarry.
'''Court'''
Nathaniel Joseph Maude (Mane), clerk of the police court, ([[The Argus at KellyGang 21/11/1878|Argus21/11/78]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 18/3/1879 (3)|Argus18/3/79]])
Mr A Dundas, butcher ([[The Argus at KellyGang 10/5/1879|Argus10/5/79]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 17/5/1879|Argus17/5/79]])
'''Edwin Moorey''', J P -storekeeper ([[The Argus at KellyGang 18/3/1879 (3)|Argus18/3/79]])
Peter Walker, storekeeper ([[The Argus at KellyGang 21/11/1878|Argus21/11/78]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 18/3/1879 (4)|Argus18/3/79]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 15/5/1879|Argus15/5/79]])
Builder '''Kilgour''' ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 3/11/1868|Alexandra3/11/1868]])
Gold escort ([[The Argus at KellyGang 23/12/1878|Argus23/12/78]])
Lawyer '''Windsor''' ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 10/11/1868 (2)|Alexandra10/11/1868]])
Lime Kilns '''Mr Knight'''
Newspapers ''Mansfield Independent'' started by Mr '''Goodall''' ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 10/2/1871|Alexandra10/2/1871]])
The ''Alexandra Times'' had a disagreement with the ''Mansfield Guardian'' ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 2/6/1871|Alexandra2/6/1871]])
Pound keeper - William Collopy,
Walker ([[The Argus at KellyGang 17/5/1879|Argus17/5/79]])
Races ([[The Argus at KellyGang 7/3/1879 (2)|Argus7/3/79]])
'''Saddlier'''
Charles Boles ([[The Argus at KellyGang 17/5/1879|Argus17/5/79]])
'''Surveyor''', Mr Nixon ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 10/11/1868 (2)|Alexandra10/11/1868]])
What was the area like ([[The Argus at KellyGang 9/5/1879|Argus9/5/79]])
Please spend a few moments reading about the selectors in the area and how they lived. They were our sympathisers. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 27/4/1880|Argus27/4/80]])
== Links to the KellyGang ==
<dl>
<dt>Nearest towns</dt>
<dd>== What happened at Mansfield after the time of the Kelly Gang ==
</dd></dl>
[[Graves|Graves]] thought that the Royal Commission should hold hearings in Mansfield because, 'I am positive if you go there you will get most material evidence as to how those men were supported, but I cannot say whether they will give you the information; they can give you astonishing information if they think fit.' ([[Royal Commission report day 45 page 16|RC15555]])
In 1891a branch railway line was opened from [[Tallarook|Tallarook]] to Mansfield
== Members of the Mansfield community ==
Collopy ([[The Age 28/10/78|Age28/10/78]])
'''David Hinds''' ([[The North Eastern Ensign at KellyGang 4/10/1872 (2)|Ensign4/10/1872]])
== What is happening at Mansfield today ==
See the local historical society [http://www.mansfieldonline.com.au/zlocalhistory.html ] and [http://home.vicnet.net.au/%7Emanshs/Mansfield%20Historical%20Society%20-%20History%20of%20Mansfield.htm ]
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In the southern part of north eastern Victoria, on the way to Mount Buller
== Beginnings ==
Before European settlement the area around Mansfield is thought to have been occupied by the Youngillim or Wuywurrung Aborigines.
The name comes from the town of Mansfield, near Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire or after early European settler Edward Mansfield .
The town of Mansfield was started 1846 as a designated stock route camp. In [[1824-1853 Events|1851]] it was a centre for a large area of mining towns in the mountains.The breadth of the main street was to enable bullock teams to do U-turns.
The first town blocks were sold in 1856
The town was formed on the corner of the [[Maindample|Maindample]], [[Preston|Preston]], [[Loyola|Loyola]], and [[Mount Battery|Mt Battery]] squatting runs.
'''Photograph'''
Map
== Importance of Mansfield ==
The town was a centre for gold mining and timber getters.
People went to the Jamieson gold fields from Mansfield. See ([[The Argus at KellyGang 31/8/1861|Argus31/8/61]])
== What was Mansfield like in the late 1870s ==
the town was well established by 1868 ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 27/10/1868|Alexandra27/10/1868]]) ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 3/12/1869|Alexandra3/12/1869]]) ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 17/12/1869|Alexandra17/12/1869]])
== Facilities in Mansfield in the late 1870s ==
'''Population''' 385 '''''' (1871) '''Hotels''' Court House Hotel Donald McDonald
Delatite Hotel
Exchange Hotel ([[The Argus at KellyGang 15/5/1879|Argus15/5/79]])
Kelson's Hotel '''Churches''' Anglican 1865 Samuel Sandiford
Catholic '''McGillicuddy''' ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 3/11/1868|Alexandra3/11/1868]])
Presbyterian 1866 '''Schools'''
'''Newspapers'''
Common school
Mr '''Hanslip''''sschool ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 3/11/1868|Alexandra3/11/1868]])
[[Mansfield Guardian|Mansfield Guardian]]
'''Main Streets'''
East/West was named High Street, North/South was named [[Maindample|Highett]] Street [[../../things/C_community/C_bankt.html|'''Bank''']] Bank of New South wales Jas Tomkins president of council. see [[Wombat ranges|Monk]]
John Henry Adolphus Hageman, secretary of the shire council see [[Wombat ranges|Monk]] see also ([[The Argus at KellyGang 21/11/1878|Argus21/11/78]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 18/3/1879 (4)|Argus18/3/79]]) '''Local Government'''
'''[[Police Towns|Police]] Station'''
'''Police at Mansfield'''
Insp [[Pewtress|Pewtress]] ''''''
Insp Toohey
Const Love ([[The Argus at KellyGang 17/5/1879|Argus17/5/79]])
'''''' Sgt [[Kennedy Sgt|Kennedy]]
'''''' Const Orr (also at [[Gobur|Gobur]])
Const Potter (Argus17/5/79) '''[[Telegraph|Telegraph]] Office'''
''''''
'''[[Post Office|Post Office]]'''
George W Newland ([[The Argus at KellyGang 18/3/1879 (2)|Argus18/3/79]])
George Collopy messenger at the Mansfield post and telegraph office ([[The Argus at KellyGang 18/3/1879 (3)|Argus18/3/79]])
[[Post Office|Postal]] route between Mansfield and [[Delatite|Delatite]]
Mail route from [[Longwood|Longwood]] to Mansfield via Merton, [[Doon|Doon]], and [[Maindample|Maindample]] - Robertson Wagner & Co
'''Other things of interest''' Mansfield had a wide range of shops, brick works, flour mll, timber mills and a building stone quarry.
'''Court'''
Nathaniel Joseph Maude (Mane), clerk of the police court, ([[The Argus at KellyGang 21/11/1878|Argus21/11/78]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 18/3/1879 (3)|Argus18/3/79]])
Mr A Dundas, butcher ([[The Argus at KellyGang 10/5/1879|Argus10/5/79]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 17/5/1879|Argus17/5/79]])
'''Edwin Moorey''', J P -storekeeper ([[The Argus at KellyGang 18/3/1879 (3)|Argus18/3/79]])
Peter Walker, storekeeper ([[The Argus at KellyGang 21/11/1878|Argus21/11/78]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 18/3/1879 (4)|Argus18/3/79]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 15/5/1879|Argus15/5/79]])
Builder '''Kilgour''' ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 3/11/1868|Alexandra3/11/1868]])
Gold escort ([[The Argus at KellyGang 23/12/1878|Argus23/12/78]])
Lawyer '''Windsor''' ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 10/11/1868 (2)|Alexandra10/11/1868]])
Lime Kilns '''Mr Knight'''
Newspapers ''Mansfield Independent'' started by Mr '''Goodall''' ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 10/2/1871|Alexandra10/2/1871]])
The ''Alexandra Times'' had a disagreement with the ''Mansfield Guardian'' ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 2/6/1871|Alexandra2/6/1871]])
Pound keeper - William Collopy,
Walker ([[The Argus at KellyGang 17/5/1879|Argus17/5/79]])
Races ([[The Argus at KellyGang 7/3/1879 (2)|Argus7/3/79]])
'''Saddlier'''
Charles Boles ([[The Argus at KellyGang 17/5/1879|Argus17/5/79]])
'''Surveyor''', Mr Nixon ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 10/11/1868 (2)|Alexandra10/11/1868]])
What was the area like ([[The Argus at KellyGang 9/5/1879|Argus9/5/79]])
Please spend a few moments reading about the selectors in the area and how they lived. They were our sympathisers. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 27/4/1880|Argus27/4/80]])
== Links to the KellyGang ==
<dl>
<dt>Nearest towns</dt>
<dd>== What happened at Mansfield after the time of the Kelly Gang ==
</dd></dl>
[[Graves|Graves]] thought that the Royal Commission should hold hearings in Mansfield because, 'I am positive if you go there you will get most material evidence as to how those men were supported, but I cannot say whether they will give you the information; they can give you astonishing information if they think fit.' ([[Royal Commission report day 45 page 16|RC15555]])
In 1891a branch railway line was opened from [[Tallarook|Tallarook]] to Mansfield
== Members of the Mansfield community ==
Collopy ([[The Age 28/10/78|Age28/10/78]])
'''David Hinds''' ([[The North Eastern Ensign at KellyGang 4/10/1872 (2)|Ensign4/10/1872]])
== What is happening at Mansfield today ==
See the local historical society [http://www.mansfieldonline.com.au/zlocalhistory.html ] and [http://home.vicnet.net.au/%7Emanshs/Mansfield%20Historical%20Society%20-%20History%20of%20Mansfield.htm ]
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